Annie with Lucian
How to Synergize Annie and Lucian
based on 3,639 Annie with Lucian pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Annie Lucian Synergy Summary
Best Annie vs Lucian Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Annie Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Annie and Lucian
Tips for Playing as Annie with Lucian
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Advice to Understand How Lucian Will Play
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
Annie Lucian Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lucian as Annie in LoL
The Annie Lucian synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lucian, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Annie sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Lucian. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Lucian helps Annie perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Annie plays on the same team as Lucian, she observes a little increase in her total damage dealt. This change may indicate that Lucian supports by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Annie is played with Lucian on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Lucian. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Lucian.
Moreover, when Annie plays with Lucian on the same side, she usually receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Lucian does a decent job of protecting Annie in teamfights.
Synergies between Annie and Lucian
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Annie better when played alongside Lucian?
There is no one best champion pairing for Annie that will 100% of the time be her best ally. However, overall, Lucian is a very typical teammate for Annie. By locking into the same side as Annie, he improves their win rate by 0.1% to 49.4%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Annie and Lucian that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Lucian has a lower difficulty than Annie. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Lucian comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Annie and Lucian together, you will not be granting your side a lot of engage. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Lucian teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
Other Champion Matchups Against Annie
Other Top Synergies by Role
Additional Information for Annie Players
How We Calculated Our Annie Lucian Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Annie in order to synergize with Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to use in your Annie and Lucian synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Annie combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Lucian than with many other common item sets. In fact, Annie had an average winrate of 49.4% helping carry Lucian with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, Annie players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Lucian with Annie are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.